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The Shape of Water is an upcoming American fantasy romance film directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Vanessa Taylor. The film stars Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Lauren Lee Smith, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer. It is scheduled for release on December 8, 2017.[1]

Plot

An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1963. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Hawkins) is trapped in a life of silence and isolation. Elisa’s life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment.

Cast

Sally Hawkins as Elisa, a mute woman who works at a lab where an amphibious man is being held captive.

Michael Shannon as Strickland

Octavia Spencer as Zelda

Doug Jones as the creature

Lauren Lee Smith as Elaine

Richard Jenkins as Giles, Elisa’s neighbour.

Michael Stuhlbarg

Nick Searcy

David Hewlett

Production

On March 17, 2016, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that a thriller film was in development from Guillermo del Toro which would star Octavia Spencer and which del Toro was writing and would produce and direct for Fox Searchlight Pictures. The film would be set in the Cold War era.[2] Michael Stuhlbarg joined the film’s cast later in March.[3] On May 6, 2016, Michael Shannon joined the cast in a role opposite Sally Hawkins.[4] The title was speculated and then confirmed to be The Shape of Water.[5][6][7] In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, del Toro confirmed his frequent collaborator Doug Jones would play the creature featured in the film.[8]

Filming was set to begin on August 1, 2016 in Toronto,[9][10] but del Toro confirmed on his personal Twitter account that filming would begin on August 15, 2016.[11] Production was officially announced to have begun on that day,[12] which was later confirmed by del Toro himself.[13] Filming wrapped on November 6, 2016.[14]

In December 2016, Alexandre Desplat was confirmed to be working on the film as the composer for the film’s score.[15]